GRAVE BUSINESS IN ENGA

In Central Enga burial of the dead used to be a means of protecting the living from ghostly malice, however, now burial is becoming an expensive business, and grave styles a new form of status symbol. This paper traces significant aspects of the change from pre-contact burial practices to those of t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of the Polynesian Society. in. - Polynesian Society. - 125(2016), 2, Seite 115-132
1. Verfasser: GIBBS, PHILIP (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Journal of the Polynesian Society. in
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Religion Physical sciences Biological sciences Arts